MONDAY
Q. Who
was the only slugger to hit forty home runs each season 1961-64?
Hint: He
was the second Hall of Famer born in the Mountain Time Zone.
Hint: He
twice won two legs of the Triple Crown, once taking home the MVP.
Twint: He
blasted the longest home run ever hit at the Twins' old park—Metropolitan
Stadium—a shot that landed in the second deck of the bleachers.
A. Harmon Killebrew (B. Payette, ID, HOF
1985 [Ralph
Kiner HOF 1975]; MVP)
FCR - Dave
Williams, Glastonbury, CT
Incorrect answers: Mickey Mantle, Ernie Davis, Roger Maris,
Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Rocky Colavito, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson,
Al Kaline
TUESDAY
Q. Besides
Babe Ruth, who was the only Hall of Famer born in Baltimore?
Hint: His
1.055 OPS in the World Series helped his team to the title, the only one of his
career.
Twint: The
year he debuted, he was the third youngest player in the AL.
Twint: The
year he retired, he was the third oldest player in AL.
FCR - Doug
Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Robin Yount, Cal Ripken, Hank Greenburg,
Malone, David Ortiz, Tommy Lasorda
WEDNESDAY
Q. What
Hall of Famer is the only switch-hitter to collect more than 25 triples in a
season?
Hint: At
the heart of his career, he hit over .300 for nine consecutive seasons.
Hint: He
hit .299 the next year.
Hint: In
the 131-year history of the Giants, no one has had a longer hitting streak.
Twint: He
replaced a legendary player/manager at shortstop.
A. George Davis (27 3b in 1893; .300+
1893-1901; 33 straight games in 1893; Became the SS for the NYG in the wake of Monte Ward)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Sam Crawford, Ozzie Smith, Mel Ott, Frankie
Frisch, Rod Carew, Ross Youngs, John McGraw, Willie McCovey, Bill Terry
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first Babe Ruth League baseball player to make it to the majors?
Hint: He
led the majors in doubles his first two full seasons in the majors.
Twint: He
was a high school teammate of Hall of Famer Frank
Robinson.
A. Vada Pinson (BRL; Played
together at McClymonds High in
Oakland, CA)
FCR - Art Springsteen, Sunapee, NH
Incorrect answers: Carl Yastrzemski, Cesar Cedeno, Craig Biggio,
Cal Ripken, Al Oliver, Joey Jay
THURSDAY
Q. Who
is the only Cub to win a batting title the same season the team went to the
World Series?
Hint: He
had a cycle for the Tractors in his first professional game.
Hint: He
is the only National Leaguer to play a majority of games at a position other
than the one he played while winning the MVP award the year before.
Hint: He’s
the only player who was active during the careers of both Sam Rice and Roberto
Clemente.
Twint: He
once hit a home run then the next batter homered with the exact same ball.
A. Phil Cavarretta (1945 WS; Cycle
1934 for Peoria;
MVP 1945 @ 1b, 86 @ OF 1946; Played 1934-1955; HR 30‑Jul‑1943,
2nd HR by Bill
Nicholson, Cavarretta’s HR was off the foul pole and returned to play)
FCR - Doug
Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Ernie Banks, Stan Hack
FRIDAY
Q. Which
slugger dated Mamie Van Doren after she broke off her engagement with Bo Belinsky?
Hint: The
first game of his final season was also Hank Aaron's American League debut.
Twint: Shiner!
A. Tony Conigliaro (Van Dorn;
Aaron’s
AL debut 08-Apr-1975;
Black
eye)
FCR - Walt
Cherniak, Woodbine, MD
Incorrect answers: Jim Fregosi, Bo Belinsky, Rico Petrocelli,
Lee Meyers, Jim Gentile, Rick Reichart, Harmon Killebrew, Ralph Kiner, Ken
Harrelson
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the all-time International League record holder in seasons, games, hits and
triples?
Hint: Ironically
he never led the IL in any offensive category for a single season.
Hint: His
final major league game was fifteen years after his first, but he played in
only 64 games during that span.
Twint: For
47 years he held the record for being the youngest player to hit a grand slam
in the Bigs.
A. Eddie Onslow (IL records: 17 yrs, 2,109 G
and 2,445 H; Debut 07‑Aug‑1912, last G 14‑Sep‑1927;
GS 22-Aug-1912 @ 19 yrs, 186 days [Al Kaline
@ 19 yrs, 174 days])
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect answers: Mike Fiore, George Quellich, Buzz Arlett,
Fritz Maisel, Crash Davis
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the last pitcher to win thirty games in a season for a Louisville major
league team?
Hint: He
was the first to win twenty after the team migrated to the National League.
Hint: He
is only pitcher to start three postseason games for Louisville.
Twint: He
led all American Association players in WAR in 1890 (all positions).
Twint: His
photograph is consistently confused with that of Dan Shannon.
Twint: His
brother-in-law was his teammate one year.
A. Scott Stratton (34-17 in 1890; 21-19 in
1892; 3 starts in 1890 WS; WAR
11.4 in 1890; Correct Shannon pix, Correct
Stratton pix
& pix;
Brother-in-law Bill
Anderson)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Guy Hecker, Jim Devlin, Ed Delehanty, Toad
Ramsey, Deacon Phillippe, Vic Willis, Rube Waddell
WEEKLY THEME – Teenagers who hit grand slams in
the majors. Thanks to David Vincent for
this data.
Teen Date Yrs - Days
Cavarretta 16-May-1936 19 - 301
Conigliaro 03-Jun-1964 19 - 147
Davis 30-May-1890 19 -
280
Kaline 11-Jun-1954 19 - 174
Killebrew 21-Jun-1956 19 - 357
Onslow 22-Aug-1912 19 - 186
Pinson 18-Apr-1958 19 - 250
Stratton 27-May-1889 19 - 237
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY (after the Wed. Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday
- Players whose numbers
have been retired by the Minnesota Twins
- Back end of
Carew's steals of home
Tuesday - Players
to hit more than 20 HRs while in their teens.
- HoFers whose
last name begins with K.
- HoFers who
never played in the minors
- Bonus Babies
- Players to hit
.300 or better in their teens
- Hall of Fame
players who were "bonus babies" and made their major league
debut while they were still in their teens
- Hall of famers
from the 60's who played in one World Series
- Bonus
Babies that made the Hall of Fame
Wednesday
- Hall
of Fame players who made their major league debut before their 20th
birthday
- Players with
at least 1,000 career RBI
Sunday - Batters
who reached the major leagues as teenagers.
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